checkpatch: make --strict a default for files in drivers/net and net/
Networking files are generally more strictly conformant to linux-kernel
style so make checkpatch more verbose by default for patches to files or
when checking files in these directories.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f2ef63a..bb4c842 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
my $terse = 0;
my $file = 0;
my $check = 0;
+my $check_orig = 0;
my $summary = 1;
my $mailback = 0;
my $summary_file = 0;
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@
help(0) if ($help);
$fix = 1 if ($fix_inplace);
+$check_orig = $check;
my $exit = 0;
@@ -1813,11 +1815,13 @@
$here = "#$linenr: " if (!$file);
$here = "#$realline: " if ($file);
+ my $found_file = 0;
# extract the filename as it passes
if ($line =~ /^diff --git.*?(\S+)$/) {
$realfile = $1;
$realfile =~ s@^([^/]*)/@@ if (!$file);
$in_commit_log = 0;
+ $found_file = 1;
} elsif ($line =~ /^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/) {
$realfile = $1;
$realfile =~ s@^([^/]*)/@@ if (!$file);
@@ -1834,6 +1838,15 @@
ERROR("MODIFIED_INCLUDE_ASM",
"do not modify files in include/asm, change architecture specific files in include/asm-<architecture>\n" . "$here$rawline\n");
}
+ $found_file = 1;
+ }
+
+ if ($found_file) {
+ if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@) {
+ $check = 1;
+ } else {
+ $check = $check_orig;
+ }
next;
}
